# 弊

| 弊 | U+5F0A, &#24330; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F0A |
| ← 弉 [U+5F09] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 弋 → [U+5F0B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

弊 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火大廿 (FKT), four-corner 9844$_4$, composition ⿱敝廾)

#### Derived characters

* 𡃇, 𣋹, 𤾵, 𦿔

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9644
* Dae Jaweon: page 670, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 518, character 17
* Unihan data for U+5F0A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蔽 | *peds |
| 鄨 | *peds, *ped |
| 鷩 | *peds, *ped |
| 彆 | *peds, *peːd |
| 潎 | *pʰeds, *pʰed |
| 斃 | *beds, *bed |
| 敝 | *beds, *bed |
| 幣 | *beds |
| 弊 | *beds |
| 鱉 | *ped |
| 虌 | *ped |
| 憋 | *ped, *pʰed, *peːd |
| 瞥 | *pʰed, *pʰeːd |
| 鐅 | *pʰed, *pʰeːd |
| 嫳 | *bed, *pʰeːd |
| 撇 | *pʰeːd |
| 撆 | *pʰeːd |
| 暼 | *pʰeːd |
| 蹩 | *beːd |
| 襒 | *beːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”): emphatic form of 敝 — destroying something with both hands.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bai$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bi$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pē / pī / pè
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bai$^6$
*** Yale: baih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
*** Hakka Romanization System: bi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē
*** Tâi-lô: pē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pe
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pe⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pe³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
*** Tâi-lô: pī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè
*** Tâi-lô: pè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pex
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe²¹/
* pè - vernacular (俗);
* piah - unknown dialect.
* Middle Chinese: bjiejH
Rime :
| Character | 弊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (35) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 毗祭切 |
| Baxter | bjiejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭɛi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ɛi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*beds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 弊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 635 |
| Phonetic component | 敝 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 獘 |
| Old Chinese | /*beds/ |
| Notes | 下原作大，注俗作此 |

### Definitions

弊
* fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit
* drawback; defect
* (Cantonese) bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous
       bai$^6$ laa$^3$! m$^4$ gei$^3$ dak$^1$ daai$^3$ ngan$^4$ baau$^1$ tim$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Oh crap! I forgot to bring my purse.

### Compounds

* 作弊 (zuòbì)
* 凋弊 (diāobì)
* 切中時弊 / 切中时弊
* 利多於弊 / 利多于弊
* 利弊 (lìbì)
* 利弊互見 / 利弊互见
* 利弊參半 / 利弊参半
* 利弊得失
* 宿弊
* 弊倖 / 弊幸
* 弊害 (bìhài)
* 弊履
* 弊帚千金
* 弊帚自珍
* 弊政 (bìzhèng)
* 弊案
* 弊病 (bìbìng)
* 弊竇 / 弊窦
* 弊端 (bìduān)
* 弊絕風清 / 弊绝风清 (bìjuéfēngqīng)
* 弊衣疏食
* 弊衣簞食 / 弊衣箪食
* 弊車羸馬 / 弊车羸马
* 弊車駑馬 / 弊车驽马
* 弊邦 (bìbāng)
* 徇私作弊
* 徇私舞弊
* 時弊 / 时弊 (shíbì)
* 杜弊
* 歲弊 / 岁弊
* 民力凋弊
* 流弊 (liúbì)
* 為法自弊 / 为法自弊
* 無私有弊 / 无私有弊
* 營私舞弊 / 营私舞弊 (yíngsīwǔbì)
* 疲弊
* 百弊叢生 / 百弊丛生
* 私弊 (sībì)
* 積久弊生 / 积久弊生
* 積弊 / 积弊 (jībì)
* 罷弊 / 罢弊
* 興利剔弊 / 兴利剔弊
* 興利除弊 / 兴利除弊
* 舌弊耳聾 / 舌弊耳聋
* 舞弊 (wǔbì)
* 補偏救弊 / 补偏救弊 (bǔpiānjiùbì)
* 裘弊金盡 / 裘弊金尽
* 貪汙舞弊 / 贪污舞弊
* 醫時救弊 / 医时救弊
* 金舌弊口
* 防弊除害
* 除弊
* 革弊
* 風清弊絕 / 风清弊绝
* 齒弊舌存 / 齿弊舌存

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 弊 |
| Kyūjitai | 弊󠄁 弊+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 弊󠄃 弊+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* abuse, defect, harm
* bad

#### Readings

* Go-on: べ (be)
* Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
* Kun: ついえる (tsuieru, 弊える)、つかれる (tsukareru, 弊れる)、くるしむ (kurushimu)、やぶれる (yabureru, 弊れる)

#### Compounds

* 弊衣(へいい) (heī)
* 弊害(へいがい) (heigai)
* 弊行(へいこう) (heikō)
* 弊紙(へいし) (heishi)
* 弊誌(へいし) (heishi)
* 弊社(へいしゃ) (heisha)
* 弊習(へいしゅう) (heishū)
* 弊所(へいしょ) (heisho)
* 弊職(へいしょく) (heishoku)
* 弊政(へいせい) (heisei)
* 弊村(へいそん) (heison)
* 弊店(へいてん) (heiten)
* 弊方(へいほう) (heihō)
* 弊履(へいり) (heiri)
* 悪弊(あくへい) (akuhei)
* 旧弊(きゅうへい) (kyūhei)
* 語弊(ごへい) (gohei)
* 宿弊(しゅくへい) (shukuhei)
* 時弊(じへい) (jihei)
* 積弊(せきへい) (sekihei)
* 通弊(つうへい) (tsūhei)
* 疲弊(ひへい) (hihei)
* 百弊(ひゃくへい) (hyakuhei)
* 病弊(びょうへい) (byōhei)
* 余弊(よへい) (yohei)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 弊
* へい Grade: S
* kan'on

### Noun

弊(へい) • (hei)
* ill, evil, harm
* something tired and worn

### References

* ↑ “弊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

弊 • (pye) (hangeul 폐, revised pye, McCune–Reischauer p'ye, Yale phyey)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

弊: Hán Nôm readings: tệ, giẻ
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